Research barriers and facilitators of physical therapists of Pakistan

2016-09-29T17-57-18Z
Source: Rawal Medical Journal
Arshad Nawaz Malik, Sahreen Anwar, Furqan Ahmed Siddiqi.
Objective: To determine the research barriers & facilitators among physical therapist in Pakistan. Methodology: A cross sectional survey was conducted from June 2014 to June 2015. A self designed questionnaire was circulated to Physical therapist with list of barriers. Out of 500, only 234 filled questionnaires were returned (response rate was 47%). The likert scale with 1-5 score was used to assess the perception. Results: The 234 Physical therapists were included; 71% male and 29% females. The ranking of barriers to research showed that Lack of Training in curriculum got the highest mean score 4.05, Lack of Supervision 3.88, Lack of time 3.76 , Lack of Finance 3.58 and Lack of free access to literature 3.41. The main research facilitator was the level of Motivation with mean score of 2.47. Conclusion: The lack of training and supervision are the major barriers along with time and financial constraint. It is essential to enhance the research activity to promote evidence based practice.


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